§ MR. BARTLEYI beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education if he can state whether there has been a substantial increase in the number of evening schools this winter in consequence of the new Regulations?
§ * THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Mr. ACLAND,) York, W.R., RotherhamThe number of evening schools claiming grant has risen this winter from just under 2,000 to considerably over 8,000.